80 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



Meaxy Redpoll, Linota linaria (L.). 

 Spald. List, xxxvi. Bather rare, and not generally 

 known. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Fine adult male netted at Yarmouth Oct. 1872 ; the bird had not 

 been seen there for several winters (H. Stevenson and J. H. Gurney, jun. 

 in Z. 2nd S. 3355). A male obtained by G. Smith at Yarmouth in 1882, 

 with lemon-coloured head (in my Collection, C. B.). 



4. A large number observed by Mr. Haward about Bramford in the 

 winter of 1847 ; he has not seen it there since ( Haward MS ). Extremely 

 abundant near Ipswich in the autumn and winter of 1847-8 ; nearly 

 fifty specimens killed or taken alive (F. W. Johnson in Z. 2064). 



West Suffolk. 



5. Very numerous at Oakley one year only, and never seen there after 

 1842 (W. Clarke in litt). Two or three shot at Mellis by Rev. H. K. 

 Creed about J 845 (Creed MS.) 



7. Elveden, March 1840, Cambridge Museum ; Dec. 1847 (A. Newton 

 in Z. 2149). 



8. Bury St. Edmund's (Travis in litt.). 



Months. — March, October, December, " autumn and 

 winter." 



Districts. — 1, 4, 5, 7, 8. 



An irregular winter visitant to this county, not recorded as 

 having occurred over a great part of it; it is so nearly allied 

 to the Lesser Redpoll that it was long either confounded with 

 it or regarded as a large variety. (See Newton's Yarrell 

 h\, 133—141). 



Lesser Redpoll, Linota rufescens (Vieillot). 



S. and W. Cat. 28. Catalogued only. — Spald. List, 

 xxxvi. Not uncommon ; breeds occasionally. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Yarmouth, occasionally met with (Paget, Y. 6). Nests found by 

 Mr. Dashwood several times near Beccles (Stev. B. of N. i. 230). Has 

 nested frequently at Bungay in June and July (F. Spalding in Z. 2nd S. 

 5004). 



2. Rare at Westleton, where it nests (F. Spalding MS.) Saxmund- 

 ham (Hele MS.). 



3. Two nests taken by Mr. F. Spalding at Melton Grange, one in May 



